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		<H2>5.6 Using the Header File to Import Data</H2>
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Once you have created a Data Prompter header file, the next step is to use that
file to import the data it describes.
The basic procedure follows:
<OL COMPACT>
<LI>Place an Import tool icon on the VPE canvas
(see <A HREF="qikgu016.htm#HDRTSTAPI">"Selecting tools and placing icons"</A>).
<LI>Double click on the icon to invoke the configuration dialog box
(see <A HREF="#FIGDP12">Figure 19</A>).
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<LI>The following information is required:
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<LI>The (path) <TT><STRONG>name</STRONG></TT> of the header file to be
imported (in the first text field of the
<TT><STRONG>Value</STRONG></TT> column
(at right).
If the Import module is part of a network displayed in the
VPE, the path name appears automatically.
<LI>Set <TT><STRONG>format</STRONG></TT> (the third field of the column)
<LI>Set <TT><STRONG>format</STRONG></TT> (the third field of the column)
to "general" unless the header file already has that
as its extension.
</OL>
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<P><B><A NAME="FIGDP12" HREF="../qikguide.htm#FT_FIGDP12">Figure 19. Import
Configuration Dialog Box</A></B>. &nbsp; <B><BR><CENTER><IMG
SRC="../images/impconf.gif" ALT="Figure impconf not
displayed."></CENTER><BR></B><BR>
<P><B>Notes: </B><OL>
<P><LI>Header files created with the Data Prompter are given this extension
automatically when they are saved with Save As...
(Step 10 of Example 1 in <A HREF="qikgu028.htm#SPTEX1A">To save the header
file</A>).
<P><LI>The <TT><STRONG>variable</STRONG></TT> parameter can be used to import a
subset of the variables specified by the <TT><STRONG>field</STRONG></TT>
keyword statement.
For the General Array format, by default, all variables are imported.
</OL>
</OL>
The specified data file will now be imported when any visualization
program containing this Import module is run.

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